BOXING
J. HEENEY BEATEN BY CASEY (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, (his. day. Harry Casey >.' .(Wellington)), N.Z. middleweight champion, defeated Jack Heeney, ex-middleweight, champion, on points'in a 15-round professional boi.it last night. The men were evenly matched, but Casey was the more aggressive and more enterprising, and nearly all through held a slight advantage., There was a considerable amount of in-fighting of a clever nature, but never once did the men appear to be wholly extended. in the last two round Heeuey seemed gripped by indecision and appeared .wholly unable to recover ground lost in the earlier (rounds. In the amateur bouts N. Robuck (Taranaki flyweight champion) defeated »S. Gray (Manawatu champion), T. Donovan (Taranaki featherweight champion) defeated W. Gray (Mana ; warn lightweight champion), and' W.<
Stevens (Taranaki middleweight champion) knocked out B. Meads (Wanganui). ... AUSTRALIAN CONTESTS. ' • (EleC. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.j SYDNEY, July IQ. : At the stadium, Mcrv Williams de--1 feafed Mike O'Connor on points in 15 rounds. O'Connor was badly punished, but made a plucky showing. . At Newcastle Jack Roberts knockpd I out George Stace in the tenth round of I n contest for the State lightweight chain- . pionship.''
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 10
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